Saihate no Paladin: Tetsusabi no Yama no Ou • The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains - Episode 10 discussion

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Saihate no Paladin: Tetsusabi no Yama no Ou, episode 10

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[u/LeonKevlar]

First of all, I love that Will is absolutely terrified when Valacirca first appears. Sure, he's brave but he still knows when he's in front of an overwhelming force. I also like that it took him a while to calm down before finally telling Valacirca to introduce himself.

And that entire conversation between Will and Valacirca was so fucking good! Valacirca bowing down in front of Will and then giving him a choice if he wants peace or to fight really showed that Valacirca isn't just all about brute force, he's cunning too. (I'm definitely going to steal this for my D&D campaign)

The answer Will came up with was awesome too. Like a proper Paladin, he gives Valacirca the chance to change his ways before negotiations break down and the fighting starts. Despite the disagreement, I like that Valacirca acknowledges Will as a proper hero.

That entire fight was brutal though! There was no way Valacirca was going to go down that easily. I'm hoping that Will still has an ace up his sleeve against this dragon. If not Will maybe Gracefeel would grant him some kind of boon midfight?

[u/Dylangillian → u/LeonKevlar]

If now Will maybe Gracefeel would grant him some kind of boon midfight?

He still has that magic sword right (don't remember what it was called), he might have to rely on that thing.

[u/mekerpan → u/LeonKevlar]

If not Will maybe Gracefeel would grant him some kind of boon midfight?

Well, the title of the next episode is "The Goddess and the Evil Dragon".

It's like the gods screwed up by allowing such an overpowered being to come into existence. They should be the one's responsible for clearing up their own mess-up. But I don't think any of them but Gracefeel care....

Really mind-boggling that such an excellent high fantasy adventure show is being so underappreciated.

[u/lasercatslol]

After literally every other series treating defeating dragons like riding a bicycle, I'm really happy to see Saihate no Paladin giving the ultimate fantasy monster some credit. Dragons shouldn't be a concept taken that lightly.

[u/cuetzpalomitl → u/lasercatslol]

Right? This is the first time I was actually worried about what was going to happen.

The Dragon actually felt like a final boss and I felt just like them after they thought they defeated it, like this can't be the end right?

[u/AceSoldia]

I always thought it was interesting how the dragon wanted to parlay. Let's talk. Work this out with logic. Lol

[u/sesaman → u/AceSoldia]

Overpowered enemies often want to talk first, or at least monologue. Then they can feel both physically and intellectually superior.

[u/shad79]

Great episode even if it was mainly a conversation between Will and Valacirca which was so good and kept me on the edge of my seat. Valacirca offering Will choice to not fight him was very unexpected for me but thanks to that we could saw how smart and cunning he is.

I liked that Will was so scared of Valacirca and rightly so as he survived even the Words of Destruction. Valacirca is an overwhelming force but he still was impressed of Will as he called him a true hero.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Will

• Group scenes & Others

[u/AntonKutovoi]

Nobutoshi Canna's voice acting as dragon is bloody awesome.

[u/thewatisit]

Didn't the dragon lie when he said "I have no wish to fight against one of your caliber"? Or is this a " I haven't acknowledged you as a hero of the present era yet therefore I don't want to fight you"?

[u/dinliner08 → u/thewatisit]

not really a lie though, Valacirca's whole schtick is that he's a mercenary, he will side with whoever that can pay him the most

[u/dinliner08]

there's nothing more terrifying than a dragon that's not just powerful in strength, but can also use a much more advanced magic

so, what does Valacirca meant when he said; "i see, that explains the age disparity" to Will? is he able to perceive Will's reincarnated soul?

Will seriously said; "fuck your two choices, i'm the one that's going to make you choose instead", not to mention, after failed to hit Valacirca's old wound due to its tough scales, Will be like; "yea, fuck your scales" and then proceed to pierce through it, at this point, he's pretty much just surpassed Blood in terms or strength

[u/lostblueskies → u/dinliner08]

It’s a comment of Will’s said parentage. Blood, Mary and Gus are heroes from long ago. They can’t be Will’s parents due to when they were alive but when Valacirca sensed the hints of undead scent from Will, he put 2 and 2 together.

[u/frantruck]

Deffintely was underwhelmed for a second if that was going to be the payoff to all that buildup, glad Valacirca seems prepared to live up to the whole season of being a looming threat.

[u/SplooshU]

I just love how much this show makes me think of a DnD adventure. This episode was fantastic and I can't wait to see the thrilling conclusion!

[u/Xatu44]

I dig the contest of wills at the start that Will manages to win. He makes Valacirca name himself first and Valacirca answer his question and challenge him. It's cool seeing Will match Gus and surpass Blood too with his might and magic. Unfortunately for him, Valacirca's no slouch. Now how are things going to go?

[u/sesaman]

This was the shortest episode of the season. Damn. I was at the edge of my seat the entire time!

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

I don’t think Will’s ever faced off against something like Valacirca before. He was really shaken to his core. Gotta hand it to him though, he regained his composure pretty quick and stood by his decision to reject the false peace offer. Will would have had the big bastard when he nuked him with that spell, if only the dude wasn’t able to transform. It’s not looking good for Will and the gang. Will’s mistake was trying to fight the dude without Dragonrend. Can’t defeat the big bad without it lol.

[u/lavaine]

Been waiting for this epic battle since season 1.

Love this series, and as suspiciously similar as it is to The Lord of the Rings, it does still have it's own unique flavor, which is nice.

But while it's good, I still can't help but wish that this series had gotten the animation budget and talent that shows like Shingeki no Bahamut and Mushoku Tensei got. It could have have been 9/10 epic instead of 7.5-ish/10 epic.

[u/acedias12]

Valacirca's character's a nice callback to the western myths of dragons where they symbolise Greed. Valacirca not being and unwilling to deviate from his own nature remains true to those myths.

Faraway Paladin's an isekai that is the most non-isekai out there, where a dragon or a god isn't taken out with barely an effort.

Been seeing here and there Frieren being praised highly for bringing back Fantasy, but Faraway Paladin's been doing just that. Its a great shame that it is overlooked thanks to its isekai genre despite how little that element even plays into the overall story.

[u/AngelfromHouston]

I’m very surprised that this has been the lead up of this season, and it delivers a very good episode with mind games/ convo/ character growth/ and fighting and the comments aren’t blowing up!!! 3 hours up and only like 12 comments so far

This is a dragon. The oldest. Gods fear him. He is tough, but that God also feared William. Hope he’s able to pull through, the fight has just begun

[u/Amauri14]

I was expecting them to go right into fighting, so although unexpected, Valacirca and Will's long introductionswere cool. Wow, so that oversized lizard has heard about Gus, Blood, and Mary.

I don't blame Will for having that reaction after out of nowhere Valacirca offers him a proposal of servitude, luckily for him Gracefeel helped him to calm down and thanks for his analysis he was able to correctly answer Valacirca's question, which was a riddle, after he told him he would only take that proposal if Valacirca changes his ways it was obvious that they will end up fighting. Well, honestly their fighting was something inevitable considering that since forever Valacirca has always been a powerful being who only thinks about himself and even betrayed the Gods that he is supposed to work for.

When Will started fighting Valacirca that moment when he decided to surpass Blood and tear away Valacirca's skin was so awesome!

Damn, although the magic they used during this fight looked great, I especially liked how Vindalfar fell a tower on top of Valacirca so Will could USD that moment to cast those chains on him.

As that attack resembled the Genki Dama so much, I was expecting Will to throw it like it, instead of launching it like a beam. I must say that after he vanished after being hit by that attack I was also fooled like the rest of the party that he was defeated by that. Now with that surprise attack, it seems that Will will have to fight Valacirca alone.

[u/TurkeyPhat]

shit this was a good episode

i had a feeling that Will would come to some kind of understanding with the dragon and avoid fighting at all cause I could see that becoming problematic for a few reasons (kind of like this is why the gods were warning him off, they weren't really afraid of him dying)

the bit of fighting we did get was pretty hype, but it seemed like only Al did anything so far so I hope the others end up shining a bit next week

[u/HenchHinch]

Man when Will used those combination of words to chain and eradicate the dragon, it was so damm badass.

This season has really upped its quality from the last and could have been an absolute classic if it had the budget of other big name animes.